Chapter 74 The Tidal Rebound A rustling sound, almost like an animal chewing...
The Red Tide brought players' progress to a standstill, but at the same time, it also brought unprecedented peace.
Shen Dixin was not idle. She killed four sea monsters in three days, and after a critical hit that resulted in a drop of experience, she successfully leveled up to level eight. It can be said that she went against the tide.
During this period, she replaced fishing with net fishing with personally going into the water. After gaining more experience, she was finally able to avoid exhausting herself every time as before.
Others are different; they just need to stay on the boat every day, basking in the sun and hypnotizing themselves into believing they have photosynthesis.
Chatting with complete strangers in the chat channel, occasionally weeding and catching bugs for the few vegetables they've planted.
We only plant a small amount of land; any more and we can't afford the seeds.
Those who managed to survive were almost all blinded by greed, indulging in days of idleness.
At dawn, as the sky began to lighten, many players were still asleep.
As soon as Shen Dixin opened her eyes, she heard Lu Mingang calling anxiously from outside: "Dixin, Dixin, get up quickly."
A thought flashed through her mind, and she realized that today was the last day, and the Red Tide's final counterattack would begin today.
But 5:21 AM, how could it start at this time...? In her past life, none of the channels she inquired about had ever attempted a midnight raid. Wouldn't many people be completely unaware?
At this moment, Lu Mingang was doing as she had instructed, throwing planks under the boat continuously. The plankton in the red tide seemed to have developed their own consciousness, sticking together and climbing upwards.
Later, players who summarized the various disaster phenomena and coping methods called them "tides," and Shen Dixin deeply agreed.
Each plank of wood was smashed down as if hitting jelly; it bounced and melted into the jelly, leaving not even a speck of wood behind.
Chen Dixin quickly joined in, carrying away and dropping off basic supplies of low value while sending messages in the chat channel to remind everyone.
"Players who have woken up should video call their friends list whenever they have time. There are definitely many people who haven't woken up yet. As long as you keep throwing things at them, anything can slow down the boarding speed. It's not as dangerous as you think. Hang in there."
She bought three paid broadcasts. After the server merge, the price of these things actually doubled. The system is quite good at allocating resources.
Some people are stunned when faced with an emergency, while others will quickly look for solutions and seek help from others. There are quite a few players in the chat channel now.
At this moment, Shen Dixin's message gave them direction, and they all echoed, wanting to draw some strength from the group.
FishFishFish: Hehe, luckily I'm a light sleeper at night, so I heard them gnawing on things as soon as I did. Luckily I bought Sister Chen's guide, and now I've kept them on the surface of the sea, very safe~ PS: You won't get a warning for throwing away household trash! The boat is full, so you can clean up the waste now.
A miracle occurred: Oh right! I was so focused on myself that I didn't even know if my friends were awake yet. They usually sleep like logs. Oh no, I need to make a call right away.
Sleep, sleep: Waaaaah, thank you so much, Sister Chen! I didn't buy the guide, and I thought it was just a disaster like the storm. Seeing all this awful stuff, I had no idea what to do!! I'll definitely buy one next time, two copies!!
Badminton King: Buying medicine at high prices, some with hidden fees, can be exchanged for purple equipment!
Chen Dixin immediately sent call invitations to people she knew, and Coffee and Star Map answered instantly, hurriedly reporting that they were safe and then hanging up.
On the other end, the phone rang for a full five minutes. Everyone else had already been notified, and it was only when I finally answered that the call was on my end.
Looking at her sleepy-eyed appearance, with the dimly lit room and soft bed in the background, Shen Dixin only let her go out for a look.
Without any obstruction, the surging tide had already reached almost halfway up the ship, making rustling sounds almost like animals chewing as it gnawed at the ship and its companions, stepping on their bodies to climb upwards.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, Yunshi let out a short scream. She shuddered and quickly recalled the various ways to deal with Chichao that Chen Dixin had repeatedly instructed her on.
My fortune told me that I hung up the video call almost incoherently, but he called back half an hour later.
Her mind was in complete chaos, her heart was pounding, and she desperately threw supplies and Gu worms down to suppress the invaders who had almost climbed onto the ship.
Those who haven't experienced it can't imagine the despair and oppression of being surrounded by a group of aliens who treat you as food, with no way out in any direction, and having to rely on abandoning your belongings to slow down the process.
The person opposite her was pale, with tears welling up in her eyes. Shen Dixin noticed that her arm was covered with fine bite marks, probably from accidentally coming into contact with the tide of planktonic organisms.
After several attempts to compose herself, she finally managed to say, "Sister Chen, you saved my life."
Shen Dixin sighed. If it weren't for the screen separating them, she would have patted Xiaoyun's head and comforted her.
"Why are you saying that? We're teammates. If you're short on supplies, just tell me. I have plenty of planks and plastic. It's a waste to throw away the rest!"
As my fortunes gradually calmed down, I nodded and went to face my misfortune.
At this moment, Coffee sat on the side of the boat, squinting.
The sunflower she held occasionally emitted a dazzling light, melting large areas of plankton in its glow, and system notifications kept popping up.
[Your pet "Sunflower" photosynthesized, dealing a total of 8641 damage to the enemy. Due to the significant level difference, the sunlight points will not be refunded.]
[Your pet "Chili" unleashes leaf blades, dealing a total of 6 damage to enemies.]
[Your pet "Lychee" molted, absorbing a total of 453 points of damage.]
After a few days of nurturing, she finally had a few mature plants that could participate in combat and production.
Logically speaking, these newly matured creatures are still LV1, with low attack power that has almost no impact on the battle. However, when facing planktonic creatures with only 1 point of health, attack power is not important; attack frequency is the key.
The sunflower, with its area-of-effect attack skill, played a crucial role; with it around, coffee production was reduced by at least half.
I raised sunflowers hoping to get more sunflower seeds, but unexpectedly, I ended up raising a sunflower with the random purple racial skill "Photosynthesis".
Coffee touched the sunflower, glad that she had kept her partner's needs in mind. After things calmed down, she immediately inquired about their situation, but Shen Dixin had arranged everything very well.
The tide devoured the supplies that were thrown down, and Chen Dixin took a moment to glance at her bracelet.
[Materials required for upgrading Tier 5 ships: Wood planks (12,000/38,000), Plastic (8,536/38,000)...]
There are also 18,000 units of plant fiber, which are not shown, and this is also a good option to throw in to feed plankton.
It's been going on for two hours now, consuming almost 800 planks per hour.
Chen Dixin still has sufficient stock. With the loss of supplies floating at sea, the only basic material they have acquired recently is plant fiber; other materials are not much.
She wondered to herself, could the other players hold on? The metal blocks should last longer; could they weather this crisis by investing all their resources?
The tide lasted for about six hours, and Chen Dixin left behind eight thousand planks to ensure his teammates had enough supplies.
Then, the remaining basic supplies were put up for loan, on the condition that there were more than 2,500 units of supplies remaining, in order to borrow the fewest supplies and get the most reliable return.
Those unlucky souls who couldn't scrape together a thousand units of supplies had no choice but to accept their fate.
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